this week’s CMLL lineup

CMLL (TUE) 08/11 Arena Mexico
1) Delta & Sensei vs Calígula & Méssala
2) Dark Angel, Estrella Magica, Marcela vs Amapola, Hiroka, Yezca
3) Fabián el Gitano, Flash, Metro vs Euforia, Nosferatu, Vangelis
4) Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Mascara Dorada vs Averno, Mephisto, Texano Jr.
5) Blue Panther, La Sombra, Volador Jr. vs Felino, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas

Delta debuts in the opener. There appears to be another Delta in Hidalgo, but this one is Monterrey’s Hijo de Trueno under a new mask. I would not be able to resist teaming him up with his brother on his first night, so they’re better than me.

Tecnico trio in the semimain is the same as this past week, but the rudos are all different so I guess it’s just a coincidence. No sign of the minis title match they appeared to be setting up here.

CMLL (FRI) 08/14 Arena Mexico
1) Apocalipsis & Ramstein vs Bengala & Horus
2) Metro, Pegasso, Rey Cometa vs Loco Max, Nitro, Skandalo
3) Flash vs Arkangel de la Muerte [lightning]
4) Black Warrior, Dragon Rojo Jr., Sangre Azteca vs Naito, Ray Mendoza Jr., Yujiro
5) Héctor Garza, Shocker, Toscano vs Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero

First five match Friday night show since January. Other guys are working Puebla’s special show, or in Japan (Mistico & Okumura – hence the amazing return of Ray Mendoza Jr.) The Poder Mexica/No Limit match is apparently about a possible Black Warrior/Yujiro hair match. Maybe both of No Limit are winning a hair match before the inevitable tag loss (to Shocker and Garza?)

Flash is 1-0 in lightning matches. Arkangel hasn’t been in one yet.

This is Nitro’s return from having double knee surgery, and a 7.5 month layoff.

CMLL (SUN) 08/16 Arena Mexico
1) As Jr. & Molotov vs Puma King & Tiger Kid
2) Leono, Metálico, Tigre Blanco vs Dr. X, Durango Kid, Pólvora
3) Lady Apache, Lluvia, Sahori vs La Nazi, La Seductora, Princesa Blanca
4) Naito, Terrible, Yujiro vs Black Warrior, Dragon Rojo Jr., Hijo de Lizmark
5) La Sombra, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas

Still figure on Valiente vs Sangre Azteca being added to this lineup sometime this week. Durango Kid isn’t just the one-time appearance he seemed to be on the first match (though that trio is full of guys CMLL doesn’t seem to have much use for at the moment.) I think that women’s match resumes the Lluvia/Blanca feud, but I’m hoping they’ve forgot.

IWRG and others later. Looks like AAA’s PR department sent out results from Friday night’s tapings to other websites (never, ever this one) but just hasn’t put them on their site yet, so that’ll be up later too.